Regrettably, if caps under the Budget Control Act (BCA) or sequestration are allowed to stand, we may struggle to meet these obligations.

Where can we as Congress help you in a more efficient, streamlined, lack of redundancies, if you will?

Over the last 14 years, the Army has done everything we have asked of them and more.

I do not think we were notified at that time.

politically you understand you did not get the flexibility because everybody wanted to make sure that the sequester would hurt so bad that we would get rid of it.

How does the Air Force intend to fix this problem once and for all?

Those two countries we are most concerned about. Cybersecurity, cyber warfare, basically platform capabilities and what they are investing into.

We owe them much, but most importantly, the Army deserves the resources necessary for what they are doing today and for what they will be asked to do again tomorrow.

We keep all of those who are serving right now in our thoughts and prayers.

My time is up. There may be a time for another round and we will go through that. Thank you very much.

I cannot get an accurate answer on contractors. The cost of contracting is unbelievable.

We have to go home and explain to our constituents how we spend their tax dollars.

I want to congratulate you on being named chairman of the subcommittee.

Why would the Air Force plan to retire aircraft in high demand without planning to replace them?

You know, when you look at the GDP of China, China is at 9 trillion; Russia is at 2 trillion; Great Britain is at 2 trillion. We're at 17-plus trillion.

Yes. Thank you for yielding. I would say tens and really hundreds of thousands of jobs are on the line with these coal policies that prevent people from having good- paying jobs and feeding their families. And both parties can agree--it is…

Sure. We burn clean coal and we see the use of coal. As I mentioned, 90 percent of our State uses coal for their energy. It is the cheapest, most affordable type of energy, electricity, that can be created, so it is a blessing to have that…

Simply put, your actions jeopardize the open Internet that we are all seeking to protect.